by Ross Cann AIA RA | Mar 2, 2022 | Newport Spotlight
Newport, since its founding in 1639, has gone through a series of rises and falls. In its early years, Newport was Rhode Island’s leading city thanks to its well protected deep-water harbor just off the Atlantic Ocean along the route connecting Boston and...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Feb 23, 2022 | Newport Architect Spotlight
As part of the 94th Annual Newport Art Museum Winter Speaker Series and to help celebrate Black History Month, the Speaker Series Committee invited accomplished Washington, D.C. architect Peter Cook of HGA Architects to speak both live at the museum and simultaneously...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Feb 7, 2022 | Project Spotlight
Architecture is all about creating buildings and interiors that are beautiful, functional, sustainable, and enjoyable to use. When you add buildings together you create communities. This process, when done consciously, is called “urban design” and “community...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jan 19, 2022 | Professional
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. In the world of interior and architectural design that is certainly true. In the past a well-prepared homeowner might have to comb through dozens if not hundreds of design magazines to find images that they liked and...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jan 5, 2022 | Project Spotlight
The house at 80 Ocean Drive was built on the crest of the Ledges estate, one of the most prominent sites in Newport. After twenty years the owners of the estate were having to share their entry with another house and asked Ross Cann of A4 Architecture back to see if a...
